Redding police arrested a Redding man and a Shingletown woman Tuesday in connection with a reported Monday night shooting.

Ray Earl Beauchamp, 30, and Chaygamem Lake, 38, were both arrested on suspicion of assault with a firearm and discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, police said.

The wild episode began shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Monday when officers said they received reports of a man, later identified as Beauchamp, brandishing a firearm at his ex-girlfriend in the area of Churn Creek Road and Hartnell Avenue.

Police said the woman, who is not being identified because she is an alleged domestic violence victim, stayed on the line with emergency dispatchers as she attempted to elude him.

Chaygamem Lake(Photo: Redding Police Department)

While on the phone with dispatchers, the frightened woman said Beauchamp had fired several rounds at her vehicle on Hilltop Drive near the Red Lion Hotel. She was not harmed.

After firing the shots, she told police, Beauchamp drove away in a 2018 Nissan Altima,

Officers said they found six spent 9mm shell casings at the scene but were unable to find Beauchamp following an extensive search for him.

The alleged victim told officers she had recently ended a tumultuous relationship with Beauchamp, and his anger had been boiling over.

She told officers she had an earlier verbal confrontation with him at a friend’s residence in east Redding, but Beauchamp left when she threatened to call police.

He returned a short time later and attempted to break one of her car's windows by punching it, she said. Then he used a rock to break the window and slashed one of her tires, she told police.

After having the tire repaired, she told police, she was driving home when he passed her by in the other direction. He abruptly turned around and began to follow her, she said.

Police said she told them she attempted to elude him and pulled into the parking lot of Tower Mart on Hartnell Avenue, hoping he would be deterred by the store's surveillance cameras.

He pulled into the parking lot, got out of his vehicle and punched her car's window several times in an unsuccessful attempt to break it, she said.

She said she drove out of the parking lot and called 911.

Although police do not say what happened immediately after, it appears the suspects may have followed her. Then, the alleged shooting occurred near the hotel on Hilltop Drive.

Police said they found two bullet holes in the woman's car and investigators also later learned Beauchamp was continuing to threaten the woman with physical harm, even though he was aware the police investigation was underway.

Investigators, who were aided by the Anderson Police Department and other agencies, found out where Beauchamp was in Redding.

He, as well as Lake, were arrested shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday after he was spotted in the 200 block of East Cypress Avenue.

Police said they determined during their investigation that Lake was allegedly driving Beauchamp’s vehicle leading up to and during the shooting.

Both are being held in Shasta County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail each.